Talari
Networks' software now includes WAN optimization services that will run
natively in the core platform at no extra cost. It also unveiled a
jointly validated solution with Zscaler to help companies transform from
their hub-and-spoke network architectures to secure, direct-to-cloud
connections.

Talari SD-WAN technology makes it easy to establish local Internet
breakouts, and the company is partnering with Zscaler to ensure the
breakouts are secured, without the cost and complexity of deploying
additional security appliances on customer premises.

•IPsec tunnels to the Zscaler cloud
with one active tunnel per Talari SD-WAN node

•Talari app-aware routing rules to
selectively determine what traffic to forward to Zscaler

“Users are demanding faster access to their apps, but traditional
network architectures deliver just the opposite,” said Punit Minocha,
Zscaler VP of business development. “We are excited to work with Talari
Networks to help companies securely migrate from the old world of the
hub-and-spoke architecture to the new world of secure direct-to-cloud
connections. The result of the joint solution is a secure, fast user
experience, reduced MPLS costs and fewer appliances.”

Integrated WAN Optimization

Talari SD-WAN solutions now provide native support for core
WAN-optimization features, such as data compression and deduplication of
data, in addition to congestion controls. Talari WAN Optimization
(WAN-Op) is a composite feature that increases efficiency across the WAN
for bulk file-transfer traffic, especially for data requested by more
than one user at the same location. By combining WAN-Op with Talari
SD-WAN software, organizations can simplify the branch office and create
cost efficiencies to network administrators’ IT procurement scope.

“Cloud security remains a top concern among many of our end-user
customers, especially heavily-regulated sectors such as healthcare that
also must maintain compliance when handling sensitive data,” said Nate
Olson-Daniel, director of strategic development, LightEdge Solutions, a
Talari managed services partner. “Talari’s SD-WAN solution not only
encrypts data at the packet level, but now adding a SD-WAN point of
integration with the Zscaler secure cloud gateway provides deeper levels
of security assurance than ever before.”

Talari is differentiated in the market by its continuous per-packet,
unidirectional performance analytics that factor in packet loss,
latency, jitter and bandwidth between all paths and aggregated. Talari
uniquely enables adaptive, deterministic per-packet optimal WAN-path
selection, parsed in sub-second responses, to degrading network issues
such as link or device failures and/or congestion-based disruption or
outages. It also allows for the replication of flows and packets across
disparate links, which is especially important to high availability of
real-time apps like VoIP or UCaaS that require superior Quality of
Experience (QoE) standards.

“Talari’s integration with Zscaler provides an app-centric cloud
security solution for a growing number of current and potential
customers who view centralized cloud security as the best way to connect
to cloud services, especially from a compliance standpoint for large
enterprises with far-flung corporate and affiliate remote sites,” said
Atchison Frazer, head of worldwide marketing, Talari Networks. “Talari’s
new WAN optimization features are offered organically, while helping
Talari compete for WAN-optimization renewal budgets and accelerating new
customer transition to Talari’s superior ‘simply-defined’ WAN-Edge
solutions.”

SD-WAN Performance Expansion

In addition to secure cloud gateway and WAN-Op services, Talari APN 7.0
provides new performance expansion features for Talari appliances.

Talari is expanding the VT800 virtual appliance performance rating to
multi-Gig, which allows the virtual appliance to evolve from a small
branch solution to one that addresses data center requirements. From a
cloud perspective, the additional performance enhancements for Azure
enable more customers, who are decommissioning legacy data centers, to
focus on cloud servers as the first choice for enterprise services.
Talari is also extending the performance of VT1000 virtual appliances to
1Gbps on VMware ESX. This new capability helps Talari expand its virtual
and cloud offerings to support the performance requirements of
mid-market sites.

Talari
is also enhancing its performance ratings for these hardware products: